Masters of English language fiction across centuries
The essay lists canonical English speaking novelists from Defoe to Hawthorne, praising their enduring influence and universal appeal. It notes Scott, Bulwer, Disraeli, Dickens, Thackeray, and Bulwer remain central, while later masters like Austen, Bulwer, and Fielding are lauded for their character delineation. It contrasts cherished world books with aging works, citing Richardson, Smollett, and others as historically pivotal yet not universally read today.
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Defoe
Swift
Fielding
Smollett
Sterne
Dr. Johnson
Rasselas
Goldwin
Godwin
Maturin
Anne Radcliffe
Jane Porter
Regne Maria Roche
Miss Edgeworth
Miss Burney
Jane Austen
Charles Brockden Brown
Bulwer
Disraeli
Captain Marryatt
Beckford
Hope
Cooper
Lever
Gulliver
Mrs. Shelley
Taine
Scott
Homer
Modern Citizen Life
Israeli L
England
Butwer
Ins
Dickens
Thackeray
Paul Clifford
Rienzi
Iivlwer
Disrachi
Whackeray
Mielding
Tom Jones
Tielding
Smolett
Roderick Random
Trunnion
Hon Uixote
Gil Blas
Gil Blas,” “Gulliver’s Travels,” “the Tale of the Tub,” “Liobinson Crusoe
Buston Traveller
Growing Old Gracefully In a Changing World
An essay on aging, arguing that embracing aging calmly is rare after seventy. It explores how people blame external causes for decline, resist changes, and relocate or switch work, only to discover they cannot adapt, losing ties to the old home and routines.
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Dio
Elder critics miss progress while the young push ahead
The Cedar Rapids Times notes that as years pass some people slow their own pace while business and social life move forward. They fault new methods and forget they once did the same, ignoring that modern ways come from decades of experience gradually shaping younger leaders.
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Cedar Rapids Times
Khartoum as a Trade Hub and European Community
Khartoum sustains a large European and Egyptian trading presence with about sixty-five million dollars in annual trade. The city hosts thousands of occupants in three thousand sixty houses, a vital cattle and produce market, and a historic Austrian Catholic mission complex with a grand cathedral and hospital. Weathered by seasonal mortality, the consular and mercantile life reflects a bustling, diverse Soudan commercial center.
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Khartoum
Azar Abd-el- Melek
Esneh
Cairo
Alexandria
Austria
Mperor
Keypt
Soudan
Fe] Obeid
Thackeray Praises Dickens End of Little Paul
A humorous exchange contrasts Bertie’s supposed dialect with De Garmo’s speech, then describes Thackeray’s praise for Dickens and the powerfulwriting in Dombey and Son. Thackeray reportedly declared Dickens unmatched after reading the chapter on Paul’s death, calling it unsurpassed and stupendous.
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Bertie
Mr. de Garmo
de Garmo
Judge
Thackeray
Grand Union Hotel Promises Value in New York City Stay
When arriving or departing New York City travelers may leave baggage and expressage at the Garamd Union Hotel opposite Grand Central Depot. The 615-room establishment, costing about one million dollars to fit, offers $1 daily rates or higher. It features an elevator restaurant, and horse cars, stages, and elevated rail to all depots, claiming families can live better for less than at any other first class hotel in the city.
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New York City
Garamd Union Hotel
Grand Central Depot
Grand Union Hotel
Cauliflower Price Quest Stalls at Dublin Market
In Dublin's Little Green Macklin and John O'Keefe encounter a vendor who extols a cauliflower's virtues and refuses to name the price. The humorous exchange ends with the price remaining unknown as the vendor praises the flower's quality. An ad for a medical remedy from the World’s Dispensary Medical Association follows.
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Macklin
John O’keefe
Dublin
O’keefe
Washingtons Rise From Legislator to Commander in Chief
A compact commentary on how General George Washington gained fame and leadership through his public service in the Virginia Legislature and his national duties, arguing that political groundwork and trust from the people shaped his ascent to Commander in Chief and eventual presidency. Also includes brief anecdotes and ad copy style notes from vintage newspapers.
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Washington
Virginia
Congress
Trouble Ahead Tonic Promises Vital Stomach Health
An 19th century style notice praises Hoster ters Stumach Hittis as a tonic that invigorates the stomach, aids digestion, and strengthens the nervous system. It claims benefits for fever and ague, rheumatism, kidney and uterine weakness, and other maladies, urging public confidence and physician approval. A brief aside notes a mechanic and her tulle bonnet.
Oldest Western family paper the Chicago Ledger grows
The Chicago Ledger, the Wests oldest family story paper, reports steady growth this year. It offers a family paper for 31.50 annually, undercutting Eastern competitors, funded by payments from other publications for watches and chro mes. A free sample copy is mailed by the Ledger Company at 971 Franklin Street, Chicago.
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West
Chicago Ledger
Ledger
Cial
Tedger Company
Wranklin Street
Chicago
Union Stock Yard five stock report highlights 1536 totals
George T Williams reports 1536 totals at Chicago Union Stock Yards amounting to 770540 for cattle calves hogs sheep and horses. Rail line breakdown shows C J L Q delivered 25 OS 226 percent of total with 21 401 cars received and B&Q leading at 36850 across 27 percent of car receipts.
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Union Stock Yard & Transit Co
Geo. T. Williams
Lucy
Chicago Union Stock Yards
JL & Q
B&q
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Mississippi
Atlantic
Newton
Space
Mercury
World's Disposary Medical Association
Mainstreet
Buffalo
N.Y
Col
D. J. Wilkinson
US 8. A
U. S
Callao
Lt. Dacols
Julins Chambers
The
Herald
Chambers
Asvyhun
Bloomingdale
Spain
Daniel E. Sickles
Prince of Wales
India
Herald Office
New York Graphic
C. Fawcett
Union Protestant Infirmary
Baltimore
Sid Jimmy Saywell
Artaxerxes Flamm
Piso
Gotham
Hallett & Co
Portland
Maine
Sune
Caswell, Hazard & Co
New York
Ano Hood
Hood
All Druggista
Bissix
C.F. Hood & CO
Apothecaries
Lowell
Mass
ELY
Rly
Catarreh
USA
TIE Adamson CO
Satent Solicitors
Muncie
Indiana
Sammes
Hrewater
de. J. Stephens
Lebanon
Ohio
LON Mining
Itv Purranteed
H. Fr. &Co
Mack Bk
Milwaukee
Wis
Flulgerald & Powclg
Indianapolis
Ind
Samoesa
Oston Crunacripe
Carl Pretzel
P.O. Vickery
Aiusta
Harsh
Quincy
Mich
Valentine
BOS & Alp
Washington, D.C
Neeasires
Sata Sieg
Ginrinnati Suspender Go
Cincinnati
Bree
Twarg CO
Loston
Nhard Silve Sro
Weatherby
GAD & Thomas
Syeowktl
Conviney
Fev
B.S. Lacrennacs
Broml St
Newark
Rockford
J. Cole Company
Oz. Arb
Cro SI OT
Bamrsville
N. J
EB. T. Hazartine
Warren, Pa
Port Jervis
N. Y
Vuank McKelvy
Willitgyma
Williams Mig, CO
Cleveland
JA. Sherman
Broadway
Procter & Gamble
Lenox
Iran
Brown CI Sanco
North & She
Amerean
Ste
Bite Insurance
Ties
Kiree
Fmate Harter
Dr. Harter
OR. Harter
ST. Louis
Cherl
Stekes
Deld
Bellwood
United States
Chicara
Omani Div. Co
N.W. Ry
U.S
Tim
Hanlin
Price
Wizard Oil Company
Peru
Rives
Charilestown
W. J. Horne
Wabash AV
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